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By now we've all seen the a10x geekbench scores and even though they are very controversial, most agree that it's one heck of a SoC. If it really is as fast as a macbook, even if it's just the basemodel, and with the inclusion of ARM SoC's in cheaper laptops it isn't unlikely Apple could make a mobile SoC chip for MacBook's or even a cpu for (i)Mac's. Who knows, they may even heavily modify mobile gpu's and out them in desktops!
Even more interestingly, the A10x only uses up to 3 cores: the 3 in the fast cluster or the 3 in the slower cluster. Therefore Apple could easily up performance simply by making a real 6-core and they could optimize their own OS for it! Add active cooling and some higher clocks, and Apple could have a killer SoC/APU/CPU!
The potential is there at least, but what do you think? Could I buy a gaming/high-end workstation MacBook/iMac in the next few years with Apple's own hardware, or will Apple stick with the default manufacturers (Intel, AMD and maybe nvidia at some point)?
Even more interestingly, the A10x only uses up to 3 cores: the 3 in the fast cluster or the 3 in the slower cluster. Therefore Apple could easily up performance simply by making a real 6-core and they could optimize their own OS for it! Add active cooling and some higher clocks, and Apple could have a killer SoC/APU/CPU!
The potential is there at least, but what do you think? Could I buy a gaming/high-end workstation MacBook/iMac in the next few years with Apple's own hardware, or will Apple stick with the default manufacturers (Intel, AMD and maybe nvidia at some point)?